oil exploration Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 07 May 2019 05:24:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Criminal Court in Ecuador Halts Oil Exploration in Indigenous Amazonian Lands https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ecuador-halts-oil-exploration-indigenous-amazonian-lands-20190501/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ecuador-halts-oil-exploration-indigenous-amazonian-lands-20190501/#respond Tue, 07 May 2019 05:24:08 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=68322 The indigenous tribe of Waorani, in the province of Pastaza in Ecuador, received court protection against oil exploration planned to take place in 180.000 hectares of ancestral Amazonian lands. The lands are protected by the constitution, even though subsurface resources are legally owned by the state. However, the court ruled that the consultation between the […]

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